Doctor brings his pain relief clinic to Valley

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AFTER more than 30 years working in the NHS, a leading pain management consultant has opened his own private state-of-the art clinic in the Valley.

Dr Magdy Aglan worked as an anaesthesia registrar in his home country of Egypt before coming to the UK in 1988.

He is currently a senior consultant at East Lancashire Hospitals based in Burnley General and plans to share his time between NHS work and his new business Pain Consultants Ltd based at Link 665, Todd Hall Road, off the Haslingden bypass.

As well as four clinical rooms, the suite also has its own theatre, complete with the latest laser guided x-ray machine from Germany to administer pain relief and recovery bays. Dr Aglan, who has worked over four continents, said: “I have been a consultant for 23 years in pain management and my main interests are low back pain, pelvic pain, joints pain and headaches. When people have acute pain for more than three months it becomes chronic and it can affect everything in a patient’s life.

“They can become depressed – but with the right management we can help them to function again.”

To get a referral to Dr Aglan on the NHS involves up to 18-week wait. If people can pay privately or have insurance that will cover the costs, they are now able to book appointments instantly at Pain Consultants Limited.

He said: “Even when I see an NHS patient at their first appointment they will then have a long time to wait before treatment and a follow up.

●● Pain Consultant Dr Magdy Aglan and his Personal Assistant Jo Shakeel in his new clinic

“At the private clinic we will be able to carry out a diagnosis, decide on the best course of treatment and have access to a multi-disciplinary pain team.”

Dr Aglan said no matter where the best treatment comes from wherever in the world he will be able to access it.

He said: “Many of my patients have said that I am their lifeline and I want to be able to offer my patients the best available care. This is my passion and that is why I have invested in it.”

The clinic will treat everything from headaches and migraine to muscular and joint pain, back pain, pelvic pain, nerve and chest pain and also complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS).

Although he will now devote spare time to his clinic, Dr Aglan will continue in his consultant role at the trust.